To access ePermits, you must have a USDA eAuthentication account. eAuthentication is a registration system that enables customers to access USDA Web applications and services via the Internet.
The USDA eAuthentication system supports different levels of authentication. ePermits requires that users have a “Verified Identity” authentication account in order to submit a permit application. Identity verification can be done online if you are able to answer the verification questions. If you unable or unwilling to answers the online questions, you may visit a USDA Service Center in-person to have your identity verified.
To obtain an authentication account to access ePermits:
eAuthentication Help Desk:
Each person who uses USDA eAuthentication must use his or her own user id. No sharing is allowed. USDA reserves the right to terminate any account if this policy is violated.
Application Form | Application Name | Exceptions |
PPQ 525A | Application for Permit to Receive Soil | |
PPQ 526 | Application and Permit to Move Live Plant Pests or Noxious Weeds | |
PPQ 546 | Agreement for Postentry Quarantine State Screening Notice | |
PPQ 585 | Application for Permit to Import Timber or Timber Products | |
PPQ 586 | Application for Permit to Transit Plants and/or Plant Products, Plant Pests, and/or Associated Soil, through the United States | |
PPQ 587 | Application for Permit to Import Plants or Plant Products | Fresh Fruits and Vegetable import permit applications (Q56 permits) must be submitted through APHIS eFile as of September 21, 2020 |
PPQ 588 | Application for Permit to Import Plants or Plant Products for Experimental Purposes | |
PPQ 621 | Application for General Permit to Engage in the Business of Importing, Exporting, or Reexporting Terrestrial Plants | |
VS 16-3 | Application for Permit to Import Controlled Material or Transport Organisms or Vectors | Animal Products, Organisms or Vectors import and transport permit applications (16 6A permits) should use APHIS eFile beginning early November, 2020. |
VS 16-7 | Application for Permit to Import Cell Cultures and Their Products (Supplemental to the VS 16-3) | |
VS 17-129 | Application for Import or in Transit Permit (for Live Animals, Semen or Embryos) | |
On Hold | On Hold Shipment Notification | |
BRS 2000 | Application for Permit or Courtesy Permit for Movement or Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms | |
BRS Notification | Notification of Movement or Release of a Genetically Engineered Plant |